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The Bates Bulletin The Bates Bulletin SERIES X Volume 4 Fall 2012 Number 3 Side View Mill # 5 BATES MILL #5 IN LEWISTON, MAINE; AND ITs FUTURE FATE Close up Mill # 5 By Sandy Bates never let go of the reins and stopped the horses.” Ben at- tended the Academy at Wretham, Mass., from 1823 to 1825. At the age of 21 he went to Boston and became a member of the mercantile firm B.F. Loring & Co. Dry Goods, which became Davis & Bates, and then Bates, Turner & Co. This company was dissolved in 1847. Ben married first in 1834 Josephine Shepard and they had one daughter. I could not find if his wife died or what hap- pened to this marriage. On August 7, 1860 Ben married 2nd, Sarah C. Gilbert and they had one son Ben Jr. and two daughters, Frances and Lillian. In the meantime, in 1836; a group of men, Edward Little, Benjamin Edward Bates Josiah Little* and others created the Great Androscoggin The Bates Mill Story begins Falls, Dams, Locks and Canal Company in Lewiston. in Lewiston, Maine with They started with $100,000 in capital and their purpose Benjamin Edward Bates. was to develop water power on the Androscoggin River in Lewiston. Here was located Great Falls, with a 37 foot His Family Line is: Clement drop. *Josiah Little also bought land in Greene, Maine --James--Benjamin--Solomon--Benjamin--Elkanah marr and two of his parcels comprise our Bates Farm. Sarah Copeland--Benjamin Edward Bates. He was born July 12, 1808 in Marshfield, Mass., and was the third of eight children. He was a pleasant, genial, lovable, smiling boy. He al- In This Issue ways blushed when spoken to. He called his parents a Bates Mill # 5 in Lewistown, Maine; and its Future Fate….... Cover good father, and a pious mother. Surprise Visit From Charlie Bates...………… …………….Page 496 His father was Major Elkanah who was a merchant, cotton manufacturer and farmer. He owned a store and was agent James of Dorchester, MA, Line….…...….….…………......Page 497 to two small cotton mills and owned 2 farms. Elkanah was Donations…………………………………………………...Page 497 a man of much dignity of character, and was greatly es- teemed by all who knew him. Benjamin worked in the Obit - William (Bill) C. Bates.…………………….………..Page 500 store, mills and on the farm until he was 19. His brother Membership Drive………………………………………….Page 500 tells this story of Ben. “Ben was working with two horses Bates Online Store………………………………………….Page 500 in a field, harrowing; the harness broke and the horses ran away and drug poor Ben a considerable distance but he Your Association's Volunteers...…...…...………………….Page 501 THE BATES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1907 The Bates Bulletin Page 491 Great Falls Great Falls after large rain fall BATES MILL # 1 This group of men hired a Boston engineer, B. F. Perham to survey the land on both sides of the river. They were unable to raise more capital to continue the project, so things came to a standstill. In 1845 they reorganized as The Lewiston Water Power Co. and sold stock in Boston to industrialist like Benjamin Bates and others. Thanks to this group of men, and Benjamin Bates; Lewiston, became th Inside of Mill # 1, Round Columns are made of wood. the largest textile center in Maine and 7 in New England. Benjamin bought stock in the Lewiston Water Power Co. and became interested in Lewiston and its capabilities for manufacturing. Later name of Lewiston Water Power Co. changed to Union Power Company. In 1849 Ben visited Lewiston and painted a glowing picture of the manufactur- ing potential and raised $500,000 in Boston to build a cot- ton mill along the river. He knew a canal system had to be dug to harness the water power. He held a banquet for the Mass. Industrialist, in Lewiston, in hopes of raising funds. They went back to Boston and ridiculed Ben. They real- ized that Ben’s dream of mills in Lewiston would compete with cities on the Merrimack, that they were interested in. Ben refused to give up, and used his own credit to bankroll the effort; and in 1850 digging of the canals began. The Loom that Bates Bedspreads were made on. Irish arrived in Lewiston in 1850. The Irish dug the canals, Canals of Lewiston, Maine and the labor was very hard, as they had to go through granite. In 1849, The Lewiston Water Power Co. had an unfin- ished mill and Ben had them complete it. Ben took it on and Bates Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1852. This was BATES MILL # 1. It stood on the west side of the main canal. This mill employed 200, and paid 60 cents day. It was 150,200 square feet of space. Mill # 1 stood by itself, and the boiler plant next. Smokehouse in Mill # 1, used by employees on smoke breaks. THE BATES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1907 The Bates Bulletin Page 492 Bates Gatehouse on end of Mill # 1 Wing House # 1 used as a Picker House, houses Baxter Brewery BATES WING #1 & STOREHOUSE #1 - Built in 1852 at same time as Mill #1. Wing #1 was a Picker house, and Storehouse #1 housed the raw cotton. In 1866-1867 a floor was added to each, making them 4 stories high. Wing #1 is 25,880 sq feet and Store #1 was 18,040. Storehouse Walkways from Mill # 1 to Mill # 5 #1 was torn down around 2000. Wing #1 now houses the Baxter Brewery. MILL #2—Built in 1854 and built exactly the same as Mill #1. From 1919 to 1923 changes were made to this mill. It was widened by 38 feet, and 4 stories high. The boiler plant was moved and a Connector Building built, connecting Mill #1 & Mill #2. The Connector building had a clock and bell tower. Same walkway showing Canal with falls under the walkway BATES MILL # 2 Part of Mill #1 Bates Connector, connecting Mill 1 & 2 THE BATES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1907 The Bates Bulletin Page 493 MILL #3 - In 1863 Mill #3 was built. In 1863 this mill began producing woolen fabrics, later making cotton prod- ucts. It burned in 1878 and rebuilt with 161,200 square feet. MILL # 3 The Connector showing the Executive Office Building, in Joined to Mill #1 & Mill #3 was MILL #3 ANNEX. This front, which since has been torn down. Done so, to showcase building received considerable water damage to the roof the front of the Connector Building, to become the main en- and top floor and was torn down. trance to the Mill Complex. MILL #4 - Built 1881, it was 18,500 square feet. It was used for bleaching cotton cloth. Around 2000 this building was torn down. MILL #5 - Built in 1912, 352,300 square feet; used for weaving the famous Bates Bedspreads. Bates Bell from top of Mill, that was rung for Shift Changes. BUILDING E was the Executive office. BATES WING #2 & STOREHOUSE #2 - Built in 1854 Canal side of # 5 with Mill #2. Again the Wing #2 was a Picker house, 21,365 sq feet, and Store #2 housed raw cotton. Now 4 stories high, and 16,900 sq feet. Wing #2 & Storehouse #2 houses Da Vince's Restaurant today. Bates Storehouse # 2 Lincoln Street side of #5 THE BATES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1907 The Bates Bulletin Page 494 just right for college students; looking for style and versa- tility. The Victoria pattern was used for bedspreads and matching draperies. Barbara is wearing a dress made of easy-to-sew campus fashions in Bates Cotton. (MY NOTE) Barbara Pierce Bush is a descendant of Clement Bates, as was Benjamin Edward Bates, of Bates Mills. My husband, Harold Bates, is also a descendant of Clem- ent Bates. MILL #6 - This was built in 1892, as a weave mill. It was Canal side of # 5 constructed to use jacquard looms, being automatic looms, and ran on electric rather then the previous ones which ran on water. The 53,400 square foot building now houses Fishbones Restaurant. Bates Mill # 6 MILL #7 - Built in 1880 and used as a storehouse. This Bates Mill Complex Sign, in front of # 5 building is 48,000 square feet. Bates Mill # 7 side view, from Lincoln Street. Bates Mill # 7 front side, on Mill Street MILL #8 - Mill #8 was built 1908, and is attached to Mill #7, It was used to store raw cotton. Known as Storehouse #8. It has been dismantled and all parts saved. 1950 Bates Bedspread, owned by Sandy MILL #9, is the boiler plant and has a chimney, 22 feet in In 2007 the LA MUSEUM workers were taking inventory diameter and 250 feet high. The boilers were coal-fired and updating their archives. They found a reel in a metal and provided steam for heat and processing. In 1991 oil- shell. It was sent to Northeast Historic Film Company. On fired boilers were installed with natural gas used as a back the reel is Bates Mill board members explaining their ad- up source. vertising process. Barbara Bush and her husband George MILL #10, was an ash house used to store ash from coal are on the reel. They were promoting fine fabrics of Bates, burners. Only a foundation was left, so apparently this THE BATES ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1907 The Bates Bulletin Page 495 and many employees were laid off. Ben weathered through and the next year saw a revival of the business. At first young girls from neighboring rural areas worked at the mills, and lived in boarding houses provided by the mills.
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